Tempers flare in NBA Finals as Zaza Pachulia lashes out at Iman Shumpert

In the least surprising news of the NBA Finals, Zaza Pachulia was involved in a contentious incident. And in the second-least surprising news, he might have made a dirty play.

Pachulia and Kyle Korver scrapped for a loose ball late in the third quarter, and as Iman Shumpert joined the fray, referees whistled the play dead and called a jump ball. Unfortunately for Shumpert — and his groin area — that left him standing over Pachulia. Pachulia appeared to punch out at Shumpert at least once, and possibly twice:

The verdict, after an extensive review by the officials? No ejections. Double technicals, which canceled each other out, and a jump ball. Though it might not have been the most questionable officiating decision of the night, it was right up there.

But the scuffle and the review weren’t all that happened. During the lengthy stoppage, a sideshow arose when Matt Barnes started jawing with a courtside fan: